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Related: About this forum'May be on track to be a 21st century Herbert Hoover': Nicolle Wallace on risks of Trump's trade war - Deadline - MSNBC
Steve Liesman, CNBC Senior Economics Reporter, joins Nicolle Wallace on Deadline: White House with the latest developments on fluctuation of Donald Trumps economy which got a boost today only because investors felt more confident about Fed Chair Jay Powells short term job security and Scott Bessent reportedly admitting that a trade war with China is unsustainable for the United States. - Aired on 04/22/2025.
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'May be on track to be a 21st century Herbert Hoover': Nicolle Wallace on risks of Trump's trade war - Deadline - MSNBC (Original Post)
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(232,986 posts)1. ...

soldierant
(8,423 posts)2. I never in my life expected to be defending Hoover
but I assure you he did not deserve to be compared to Trump**, despite signing Smoot-Hawley. He may jave been an exocomic idiot, but he he was not a person whpose greed sucked up anythimg and everything (like the vacuum the other Hoover invented.)
Rhiannon12866
(232,986 posts)3. Same here - he made a lot of mistakes, but he didn't turn over the government for it to be dismantled

